The Agisanang Domestic Abuse Prevention and Training organisation (Adapt), which works with young schoolgirls in Alexandra under their umbrella organisation, Young Women’s Movement, will now stage the plays from 21 to 26 August.
Project manager at the theatre, Jessica Ndaba, said the bringing forward of the plays was just an unforeseen scheduling matter which was a result of an oversight on a double booking of the theatre on the previous dates.
“The issue has been rectified and the plays will now take place from 21 to 26 August,” Ndaba said.
Adapt’s youth programme co-ordinator, Seipati Mogorosi, said the girls from KwaBhekilanga and Realogile High schools are raring to go.
“They are working flat out to bring the community of Alexandra a top-class theatre production that seeks to address the inequalities that still plague homes and society at large,” Mogorosi said.
Day one of the plays will feature music from the Amalungelo Choir Group. Schoolgirls from Realogile and KwaBhekilanga will stage the set of plays, with Realogile dramatising Unfinished Woman while KwaBhekilanga takes on Seed. Mogorosi hopes the theatre shows will become an annual event for the benefit of the Alexandra community.
Mogorosi, who is responsible for putting together the show in partnership with the Olive Tree Theatre, said at the end of each show there will be a dialogue session which will involve community members and their organisations.
The dialogue sessions will endeavour to debate and address the gender imbalances that still exist in homes and the community, with a view to finding lasting solutions that can find amicable ways to achieve gender parity.
Some of the imbalances still inherent in the communities and the society at large include the value placed on boys, who are often regarded as more important than their mothers and sisters.
Mogorosi said they looked forward to the community of Alexandra coming out in their numbers to watch the plays and also to join in the discussions afterwards that seek to break gender barriers.
Details: Jessica Ndaba 011 048 6152.
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